I'll Show You Mine .....

.... you show me yours.

Pictures of your "weather", that is.

I had alternate titles for this post:
Spring Has .... Sprung
I Finally Gave in .... and Turned on the A.C.
Every Thing's Coming Up .... Yellow

Yes, some of you are experiencing snow, frost, tornados, rain ..... you name it, it's out there.
Must be all that global warming.

But here, down in south Texas .... it's business weather as usual this time of year.
Spring has come.

Now please don't think that I'm writing this post to brag about our weather.  I am not.
Trust me.
Because we can always compare notes again in July, August, September and October when it's still hotter than blazes with 245% humidity and every day is a bad-hair day.

While spring is pretty nice in most areas of the country, we get a huge present that comes with our spring.
Oh .... and for the most part, our spring lasts about .... ohhhhh ..... 2 weeks.
Seriously.
We do not have 4 seasons here.
We have hot, hotter, humid and maybe cool.

But on the up side .... we NEVER shovel snow.
And that's huge.

Anyway, I'm going to share with you the lovely present that spring brings to our part of the country.
The pictures didn't come out as clearly as I would have liked (maybe I should have used a real camera rather than a cell phone), so you won't get the full impact.
Try to use your imagination.

Think .... yellow.
Yellow, yellow, yellow.
No, not yellow flowers, not a yellow sun, not even brightly-colored yellow spring clothing.
Nope ..... we get a thick, gross, sinus-destroying covering of yellow pollen.
It covers .... Every. Thing.
And anyone who stands outside for more than 2 minutes.
I kid you not.
It's gross.
And it keeps covering us and our outdoor possessions ..... homes, cars, grills, pets, small children ... with a lovely coat of yellow.

I went outside today, with my trusty cell phone, to take pictures for ya'll .... my Peeps.
Yes, I did just type the word "ya'll".  I apologize.  When I'm talking typing about Texas, my accent comes out.  Besides,  ya'll know that I speak through my fingers, rather than through my mouth.  That's how I can skip from one topic to another so easily .... as each thought hits my ADD-infected brain.  See?  Like that.  :)

Any-who ..... here are some pics.
Please try to envision more yellow than you'll actually see.
Pretty please.

                 This is one of our trash cans.  It's supposed to be green.  It's coated (on the top) with yellow pollen:

              This one really didn't show up, but the trash bags look like they're covered in dust, when it's actually yellow pollen:

    These are the pods that carry the pollen.  Or bomb it down from the trees, whatever.  The spots on the street are where the pods hit and left a splotch of yellow:

          These are the pods that line the streets, as far as you can see:

                     Here are more of them:

                 OK, these steps are TOTALLY yellow in person (or ... in step).  They're supposed to be a reddish-pink, but they look like they're covered in dust, or chalk.  Nope.  Pollen.   Poor bricks.  I wonder if they're allergic?

                     As water runs down the street (from sprinkler systems in the yards, or everyone power washing the yellow crap off .... which is most likely), it carries the pollen with it.  It's a thick coating on top of the water.  Beautiful, no?

                      This car has pollen on the windshield and the roof:

                            A closer look.  Yes, it just looks dirty, but it's not.  It's pollen.  Lots and lots of pollen:

Well, there you go.  I hope you enjoyed sharing our spring with me.  I'll try to be on the lookout for better pictures of the joy-killer of spring.

What does your spring look like right now?
If you can .... send me a picture (and I'll post it).
Or, just describe it as best you can.

Until then .... happy Thursday, and enjoy your spring, Peeps!
:)

UPDATE:
Here are a couple of pics I took today of my car:

And here is a picture of totally different trash bag .... it had been outside only 45 minutes:

And, because she loves me .... my sister-in-law sent me a couple of pictures of her car ..... which is about 4 hours north of here:

Ahhhhh, spring in Texas ..... just take a deep breath and breathe it all in.
And then head straight to the doctor for you weekly allergy shot.
Ugh!!!

Keep telling me about your weather.
Hey, Wendie ..... what's it like in Boston??    :)